Bardsley wins contract to build £5m skills centre

Bardsley’s Yorkshire office will replace an existing single-storey building on the city campus with a new three-storey building, which is due to be handed over in the spring of 2017.

Once operational, the centre will provide young people and employers with higher-level education and employment opportunities in and around Wakefield.

The contract is the firm’s second major scheme for the college.

Bardsley Yorkshire previously secured a £3m contract to provide Wakefield College with a refurbished Radcliffe Building in 2014.

It secured this latest contract via the YORbuild Framework in a two-stage tender negotiation.

Adrian Rooney, Yorkshire regional director for Bardsley Construction at the firm’s office in Leeds, said: “Bardsley Construction operates an extensive apprenticeship scheme in both Yorkshire and the North West of England to provide staff with the skills and training required for current and future requirements of the firm and the wider construction industry.”

He added: “As the centre for Wakefield College will focus on the provision of innovation and enterprise to build the Yorkshire of tomorrow by promoting economic growth in and around the town it was a natural fit for us as a business.”

Architects on the scheme are IBI Group with Goodson Associates appointed as civil engineers and Grontmij acting as mechanical and electrical (M&E) consultants.

Mace will provide the college with project management and cost services support.

Bardsley Construction, which is headquartered in Tameside, Greater Manchester, was founded in 1964 and has an annual turnover in excess of £50m.